Getting Started
This page explains the first-time path for agency users: signing in, understanding the shell, choosing the right workspace, and starting useful work without touching system administration screens.
Sign In
- Open the Studio login page at
/auth/login. - Enter your email and password.
- After login, Agency Admins and Agency Members land in Studio or can use the top navigation to open
/studio. - If you see an unauthorized screen, confirm you are using the correct account and that you have been added to the agency workspace.
Scope note: The System Admin route is intentionally not part of this guide. Agency users should not need provider operations, training controls, user-credit override panels, or deployment health tools to make campaigns.
Understand The Product Shell
The top product shell stays visible on authenticated Studio pages. It shows:
- Studio: returns to the campaign workspace.
- Account: account and profile-facing information.
- Settings: product settings area.
- Billing: visible to Agency Admins and system admins; normal Agency Members may not see this.
- Switch campaign: quick access to recent campaigns.
- User and credits: your display name, role label, and current credit state.
- Logout: ends the browser session.
Studio Sidebar
The Studio sidebar is the main user navigation inside /studio:
| Item | Use it for | Who sees it |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigns | List, create, open, delete, and manage campaign workstreams. | Agency Admins and Agency Members. |
| Brand Kits | Create, edit, preview, and assign reusable brand systems. | Agency Admins and Agency Members. |
| Projects | Open project workspaces directly, search/filter projects, and create project work. | Agency Admins and Agency Members. |
| Media | Browse Studio media and reusable assets. | Agency Admins and Agency Members. |
| Design Review | Review creative/design outputs in the design-review lab. | Agency Admins and Agency Members. |
| Settings | Studio configuration and status notes. | Agency Admins. |
Recommended First Campaign
- Open Campaigns.
- Create a brand kit first if you have brand rules, colors, logo, voice, or photo direction.
- Create a campaign and attach the brand kit.
- Upload source material: logo, lifestyle/product imagery, any video clips, and any known audio/voice assets.
- Open Creative Director and enter a plain-language campaign goal.
- Apply the plan, open the generated projects, and review or regenerate each surface.
What A Blocked Job Means
Studio prefers truthful blockers over fake success. If a job is blocked, the UI is telling you a requirement was not met. Common examples:
- Image mode has video or audio attached. Remove those assets or switch to video.
- Vector mode has attached assets. Current vector generation is prompt-only.
- Voice mode has attachments. Current voice generation uses script text only.
- Slideshow video has no image/vector/video asset attached.
- A prompt asks for voiceover in a video, but no voice asset is attached.
- Video edit mode has no existing video clip.
Safe Working Habits
- Give campaigns clear names and descriptions.
- Create a brand kit before producing major creative work.
- Upload original source assets before asking for composites or videos.
- Use simple prompts. Studio compiles them into richer instructions internally.
- Preview every output before using it in a final campaign.
- Use generation-level brand kit overrides only when the current task truly needs a different brand voice or visual language.